World Trade Center replica

Local veteran Miguel Dominic pictured with one of the Twin Towers replicas he and fellow veteran Leonard Fischbach recently built to commemorate the 21st anniversary of 9/11.

President Joe Biden will mark the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sunday by delivering remarks and laying a wreath at the Pentagon, the White House said.

In Pocatello, 9/11 will be commemorated during a 4 p.m. Sunday motorcycle tribute and flag-raising ceremony at the Bannock County Courthouse followed by a 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. free community dinner at the Bannock County Veterans Memorial Building at 300 N. Johnson Ave. Miniature replicas of the Twin Towers recently built by local veterans will be on display at both Pocatello events.

Events in Idaho and nationwide on Sunday will commemorate the 2001 terrorist attacks when hijackers took control of commercial planes in order to use them as missiles, crashing into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks by al-Qaida. The U.S. and its allies responded by launching the Afghanistan war. Jill Biden, the first lady, will speak Sunday at the Flight 93 National Memorial Observance in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband will go to New York City for a commemoration ceremony at the National September 11th Memorial.

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